The report notes the pervasiveness of former lobbyists in the 112th Congress is due primarily to freshman Republican TEA Party representatives who actively recruited leading lobbyists to staff their offices. Nearly all Republicans cited in the report campaigned as “enemies of the establishment” and vowed to “bring honor, ethics and transparency back to Washington.” The report finds that 39 of the nation’s 50 largest companies have former hired-guns now working for the very congressional committees they used to lobby.

Ahhh … the stench of Republican hypocrisy. Isn’t it wonderful to be living under a Congress that just rotates whomever is necessary to best advocate and give advantage to America’s corporations?

The reality is that Congress is definitely full of something. But it’s certainly not honor, ethics or transparency.